Tramroad



uly 8, w24. 15062724 L. SARGEANT TRAMROAD Filed oct. 5, 1922 Patented. duly 8, i924.

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TRAMROAD.

Application iled October 5, 1922. Serial No. 592,614.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that l, LnoNAnn SARGEANT,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairmont, in the county of Marion and 5 State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tramroads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tie suitable for holding the rails of a tram road to be used, for example, in coal mines or other industrial plants where it is desirable to occasionally move the rail and ties to new psitions.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a tie which will not readily shift laterally from the position in which it 1s laid.

` Another object of the invention is to so connect the tie and rails that they may be readily separated and reassembled.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tie that will firmly hold the rails in place when the track is in service, while at the same time permitting them to be quickly assembled or disassembled.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rail holder or clamp to clasp and hold one or a plurality of rails to the tie.

With the foregoing objects outlined and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features vhereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the accom panying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings Figure l is a view partly in section of the invention with parts assembled.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tie and plate,

Fig. 3 is an end view of the tie and the plate.

Fig. i is a view similar to Fig. l with two rails instead of one held in the clamp; and,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of a track with the rails at one end re versed and clamped together as shown in Fig. 4.

In the drawings, l represents a tie which is conveniently made in I-shape, there being a channel formed by the web and side anges both above and below the web connecting the side flanges.

Securely fastened to the tie 1 by suitable devices as countersunk rivets or screws 3 is a plate or clamp 2. This plate 2 isprefverably thick enough to lill the upper channel so that the rail may rest both on the plate and upper edge of the tie flange. rlrhe plate 2 at one end is bent up to embrace the base of a rail l as shown in Figure 1. The other end 5 of the plate extends a considerable distance to the left (Fig. l) of Athe rail l driven between the bent-up end 5 and the a web of the rail to secure the rail in place on the tie. Y

The rails are frequently used as tracks for coal mining machines and when the machine needs to be moved to follow the coal supply it frequently happens thatthe tracks may be extended slightly by reversing the rails as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, putting a -bottom ange 4 above a preceding rail A,and

to thus provide a track for running the ma- V chine the short distance necessary to keep up With the coal supply. In this case the upper part of the rail is held as shown in Fig. t, between the loop 5 and the web 7 of the rail by the block 6. Of course sufcient space must be left between the loop 5 and side 7 of the rail to allow the insertion of the additional rail from above downwardly.

When the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. l the lower flanges of the-shaped tie will extend into the ground or material on which it rests which will tend to hold the tie securely in place; the web forming an extended base and the plates or clamps with the interposed block securely holding the rail to the tie, there being some give between the parts while holding them securely together. To disassemble the parts it is only necessary to drive the block 6 which may be slightly wedge-shaped, from its position shown in Fig. l when the tie may be moved to the right in Figure l far enough to release the base of the rail from the short bent up end of the plate 2 and then the rail may be lifted olf the tie.

The advantages of the construction are apparent to those skilled in the art and need not be further specifically pointed out.

What I claim is:

l. A tram road comprising a tie, a rail having a comparatively narrowhead and a comparatively wide flanged base, a plate secured to the tie and turned up at one end to clamp one side of the flanged base, said plate being turned up at its other end to form a loop, and a block litting insaid loop, there being space sufficient between'the side of the rail and the loop to allo-w the insertion ofthe top of another rail in the loop for the purpose described.

"2. A tram road comprising a tie -shaped in cross section, a rail having a base, a plate Secured in thechannel of the tie and having an end embracing the rail base on one side and a loop on the other side of the rail, and means in the loop for firmly holding the rail inthe embrace of the plate.

v3. A tram road comprising a tie I-shaped in cross section, a railhaving a base, a plate having a thickness approximately equal to the depth of the channel in the tie andy secured to the tie in said channel, said plate having one end embracing the rail base, a loop on the other side of the rail, and a block resting in the loop for firmly holding` the rail in the embrace of the plate.

4. A tram road comprising a tie, a rail having a'base, a plate secured to the tie and embracing the base of the rail on one side, said plate having a yloop on the other side ofthe rail, and a removable block resting inthe loop and against the rail to normally hold kthe rail in the embrace ofthe plate, whereby upon the removal of the block, the tie maybe moved endwise to release the rail from the embrace of the plate.

5. A tram road comprising a tie I-shaped in cross section, a plate secured to the channel of the tie, a rail having a base resting on the plate, said plate embracing the rail base on one side, its other end extended beyond the rail base and terminating in a loop, and a removable block normally resting in the loop and against the side of the rail.

6. A tram road comprising a rail having bottom flanges and ties, one or more sections of the road having rails turned upside down and resting on other rails and a clamping plate having turned up ends, a short turned up end embracing one flange to hold a rail to a tie, said plate being fastened to the tie, and a wedge block inserted between a side of the rail and the other turned up end of said plate, the construction being such that when the block is removed, the rails may be lifted from the clamping plates.

7. A railway and tie comprising a body member, and rail clamps secured to said body member at the extremities thereof, said clamps being formed from single strips of metal and having straight body portions contacting flatly with the extremities of said body member and extending longitudinally thereof, means for securing said clamps to said body member, tongues rising from one of the extremities of the body portions of said clamps and disposed at acute angles thereto, said tongues being adapted for engagement with the base flanges of rails, arms rising from the other eXtremities of the body portions of said clamps and having their upper extremities curved towards said tongues for engagement with rail holding wedges.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

LEONARD SARGEANT. 

